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[Ruth Fleming Hawkins portrait]

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Title	[Ruth Fleming Hawkins portrait]
Creator	Biggers, Bill
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Orginal	1980/1989
Dimensions	5" x 7"
Description	This picture shows woodcarver Ruth Fleming Hawkins sitting on her front porch. Hawkins was born near Hayesville, North Carolina and started carving when she was 20 years old. She sold her work through the John C. Campbell Folk School's woodcarving cooperative know as the Brasstown Carvers. Working primarily in holly wood, Hawkins made all of her own patterns and was nationally recognized for her angel and child figures. This photograph was taken from a booklet published by the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1990 titled "The Brasstown Carvers" with text by Bill Biggers, photographs by Werner Kahn and Bill Biggers.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Brasstown Carvers John C. Campbell Folk School
Time Period	1980s
Location	Clay County (N.C.)
Source Institution	John C. Campbell Folk School
Collection	John C. Campbell Folk School Records. Brochures, Publicity and publication, 1925-1954.
Inventory Number	JCCFS_biggers_hawkins
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723